Unexplained hock injury - Please send vibes

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MuffettMischief

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HufflyPuffly said:
Not a good update, she is still extremely lame and the leg is now filling.

The joint fluid samples however, were found and the results came back as expected, very high white blood cell count, but cannot say for definite if its infection or just an inflammation reaction, nothing else was found. They've palpated her leg to see if there could be reasons elsewhere for pain and haven't found anything, she is very reactive to pain so it 'should' be obvious.

They're going to flush again and inject the antibiotics directly into the joint capsule just in-case the IV ones aren't getting through. Nerve blocks are out for the moment as she won't stand for them without sedation and you can't sedate and nerve block. If no better tomorrow (5th day of IV antibiotics), then they will flush again and also x-ray her hoof whilst she's sedated, but to be honest none of us really think there is an abscess or other issues, as draining the hock has temporarily improved it each time, so suggests it is the main issue.

She's also been hoof tested several times and had her shoes removed, she's not sore at all in her hoof, but we will x-ray to rule it out.

:( If the antibiotics don't work then we're pretty much out of options, she's had max strength pain-relief, box-rest, steroid injections, joint flushes and three weeks in shes not improved. Even if we do more imaging now the vets have said there aren't any treatment options left that we've not tried, a soft tissue injury should have had 'some' improvement by now. If we send her off for scans we might get a better answer of what is wrong but it wouldn't give us another treatment option that's fair to put her through.

I am thankful for all your replies and suggestions though. I have asked about all the ideas given and we cannot rule out something like the collateral ligament the treatment she'd had should have done something to improve it...
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Crappy situation. Ours has 3 moths box rest in total with pain relief/cold hosing/robert jones bandage and nothing helped. He had a whole host of other issues going on too and he was an old boy so it wasn't fair. 3 weeks isn't too long so just see how you go and try not to panic :)
 
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So sorry for your loss. She looked like such a sweetheart. You tried everything you could for her and what an age to get to with such a loving owner. Give the other girls some extra big hugs. X
 
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